Keep in mind that although creators might draw inspiration from lolita fashion or intend to show lolita outfits, they might not necessarily make accurate representations or real-life lolitas — who are almost always adults or teenagers dressing in the style for fashion and would be highly offended at any implication of encouraging or endorsing pedophilia.

For a general overview on the Lolita style of dress, as well as other styles, the Useful Notes page about Lolita Fashion has you covered.

Everyone and everything from Black Butler. (With, of course, the guys tending more toward Elegant Gothic Aristocrat.) Even grim and steely little Ciel Phantomhive wears tiers of lace and roses spilling off his top hats.

Cat Street has a lolita character who couldn't fit into a normal public school because of her unusual fashion choices.

Chobits features several characters with frilly and "gothloli" inspired looks, though mostly notably are Chii, with the dresses Chitose gives her. Freya is a another example, as Chii is going more towards Sweet Lolita than Gothic Lolita.

Misa Amane in Death Note was a Perky Goth, though her looks became more mainstream after the Time Skip to indicate her maturity and fame. In the anime, Misa wears outfits like this twice: once as she sings about her devotion to Light in the streets, and later in the Grand Finale... as she quietly stands atop of a rooftop, after Light's death — and it's strongly implied that she threw herself off it. As a matter of fact, it's possible that her original montage actually takes place directly before her scene in the finale, which may be why she, in the montage, is seen on a rooftop looking forlornly at the horizon. The outfit may have been so distinct specifically to draw us to this conclusion.

In Detective Conan, a whole case features a lolita fangirl, Mihiro Kuze, as the murder victim. At the very start we get to see her wardrobe and she's in possession of quite a bit of EGL clothes and jewelry, which borders as a case of Costume Pornin the animated version. Later she's found dead in a public restroom and since Conan, Kogoro, Ran and Sonoko were among those who saw her alive last, they now have to testify and help investigate her death. The fact that she's a lolita fangirl is vital in the resolution, as her black and red gown is one of the proofs against her killer: her former best friend Yuika, who had actually worn it before the murder to create an alibi... and she also had it on while she was killing Mihiro.

The trope also gets lampshaded when the victim is seen in the tea parlor for the first time. Or so we think. Kogoro is weirded out and speaks about "that eerie witch costume" she's wearing, but Ran and Sonoko go all "GOTH LOLI, SO CUUUUUUTE ~ !"Of all people, Conan explains to him what Goth-Loli is, and then he thinks that Ai would fit in the subculture fairly well (complete with a Imagine Spot of Ai in a black gothloli dress). Later Megure is also surprised at the sight of Mihiro's lavishly-dressed corpse and snarks at Takagi when he explains what Gothloli is.

In the second season of Genshiken, the males discuss what Ogiue would be like as an ero-game character. The answer: she would be a shy girl in a Gothic Lolita dress who would nevertheless be sexually aggressive even if it was her first time.

Anna Kushina in K is 11 years old, has very doll-like skin and white hair and wears a frilly red dress and matching ribbons on her hair. She really stands out since the rest of the members of HOMRAnote the clan/gang she's in are dressed like gangsters or thugs.

Kanako from Love Hina Again; she even persuades Keitaro to dress in a goth-like manner briefly. Check out the credits for that episode of the miniseries, which have the other characters, save Haruka, similarly... modified. The cover of volume 11, in which Kanako first appears, has all the characters except Keitaro dressed in this style. Keitaro's not on the cover because he happens to be away until the last three pages of the book.

In Loveless, Nagisa's outfits are often gothic lolita. Yes, even when she's at home or eating lunch.

Evangeline A.K. MacDowell (on the picture above together with Chachamaru), who dresses like this all the time when not wearing her school uniform. In one chapter of the manga, Evangeline takes on Asuna as an apprentice and demands that she dress only in gothic lolita style. In another, she dresses those still at school campus during the holidays in cosplay/Goth Loli, because she's bored. The fanboys were entertained, at least.

Isabella dresses in Elegant Gothic Aristocrat style, which is basically Elegant Gothic Lolita with floor-length skirts and a more ladylike look. Probably because it's hard to pull off the lolita part when you're a six-foot-tall transsexual.

Miwako Sakurada sometimes dresses in Sweet Lolita dresses.

The three "princesses" from Princess Princess are forced to dress up in an Elegant Gothic Lolita style because that year's costume designer is a gothic lolita fan.

Princess Resurrection: Hime, with heavy emphasis on elegant and Gothic, as well as her younger sister Sherwood.

Madoka Kaname dresses rather normally most of the time, but her Magical Girl outfit looks like it's straight-up taken from the wardrobe of a Sweet Lolita fan — has a puffy skirt, lots of frills, huge ribbons and super cute shoes with frilly knee-length socks. The Gothic aesthetic can fit as well, as Puellae inevitably mutate into Germanic or Victorian-themed Eldritch Abomination Witches.

Mami Tomoe's outfit, save for the Magic Skirt, would fit in pretty well with some modifications.

Quon from RahXephon may qualify. Cute umbrella and all. One of the DVD covers has her dress in a more traditional outfit.

Rozen Maiden. Character designs; Suigintou is the only one who qualifies as both lolita and fitting the gothic subtype's palette, however. Souseiseki has the colors, but her clothing is more in keeping with the ouji/kodona style.

The lead trio in Saint October. They even call themselves the GothLoli Detectives.

Sunako of Shiki has outfits inspired by EGL. Megumi wears some frilly Gothic/Punkish outfits as well after rising from the dead.

Chikage from Sister Princess , althought Aria from the same series is a better example in clothing style, anyway. Chikage is more 19th century male dress, for the most part.

Venus Versus Virus has Lucia, who owns a clothes' store that sells dresses in this style. The twins Layla and Lola also dress in gothic lolita fashion. Souichirou dresses in a gothic inspired fashion as well but obviously not gothic lolita.

In The Wallflower (Or Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge), there's the "GothLoli Sisters" who are rather less than elegant, not very lolita-ish, and also not very gothic... but that's what they call themselves, and often chant "Goth Goth Loli Loli".

In one episode of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Judai had an opponent named Alice who dressed like this.

Cathy has a victorian-looking dress with a cat-themed twist in Yu Gi Oh Zexal (but only when she duels; other times, she wears a more modest schoolgirl outfit).

Yun of New Game! often wears frilly dresses of this type to work, for no given reason.

Comic Books

Marvel's Livewires miniseries featured a character actually ONLY named Gothic Lolita, who served as the Cute Bruiser of the title Five-Man Band. To be fair, she is a self-named Robot Girl, and her teammates have equally odd monikers.

Also from Marvel, Runaways leader, Nico Minoru, was referenced as such in the comic's first script.

In Tokyo Mew Mew No Hope Left it's mentioned when the main character wears "Gothic Lolita." It does not match the guidelines for the style at all, though, so it's kind of subverted.

In a Chipmunks Go to the Movies fanfic that spoofs the film version of Dragnet, Brittany is the owner of an Elegant Gothic Lolita clothing emporium that was robbed; Jeanette was a sales representative.

Mana of "Malice Mizer" and now "Moi dix Mois" is the Ur-Example, Trope Maker and Trope Namer, as well as the owner of one of the major brands, "Moi Meme Moitie". Also counts the the Trope Namer, as the term Elegant Gothic Lolita was coined by him to describe his own style.

Ever After High features this heavily, for obvious reasons. Can't sell plain looking characters as dolls, now, can you? But... It does not match the guidelines for the style very much, though, so it's more of a downplayed version, although the general silhouette and certain accessories and decorations of some characters look very lolitesque, the clothing of the girls looks like a fairy tale/fantasy reinterpretation of Lolita.

Little Miss Badass Latooni Subota finds herself turning into this. First by accident, second in order to match her with the Princess she was assigned to guard, and finally ordered into it by one of her superior officers because frankly, she looks so damn cute in it. To be fair, however, every time she wore that dress, she ended up with a fair amount of Character Development, and the officer giving the order actually says as much.

And don't get us started on her giant robot. There's a reason the game's development staff nicknamed it the Gothlolion.

Yurika Kirishima of the Rival Schools sequel Project Justice dresses something inspired by this style (and her profile even lists a like of frilly and lacy clothing) but the colors of her clothing (light blue dress and a bright red ribbon) contrast to the typical colors associated with this trope.

In the Tales of Ash saga, a girl from Those Of The Past dresses like this. She's a very creepy-looking Emotionless Girl named Rimelo, never seen without her partner Shroom. In XI they attack the Ikari Warriors to steal Magaki's body, stealing Heidern'sEyepatch of Power in the meantime; in XIII they ambush Kyo Kusanagi to give him his KOF invitation, in the Story mode she stands by Shroom's side as he speaks to Ash Crimson, and she's also there when Shion returns to this world in the ending.

Mountain Of Faith's second boss, Hina Kagiyama, Undefined Fantastic Object's sixth boss, Byakuren Hijiri, and Phantasmagoria of Flower View's Medicine Melancholy are actually some of the few who fully represent this trope.

Also, series protagonist Reimu herself started as a rather traditional Miko whose outfit was progressively wa-lolified.

Rock Band has a handful of frilly, lacy articles of clothing, thus allowing you to dress a female custom character like this if you want. There are also a few items suitable for an Elegant Gothic Aristocrat.

In Immortal Souls, all of the women in one of the vampire gangs dress in a style like this. Which leads to the rather quirky visual of the buff, trenchcoat-clad main character getting his ass kicked by girls wearing corsets, frilly skirts, and Parasols of Prettiness.

Every female character in Death Smiles dresses like this, most likely because they're in a world reminiscent of early 20th century Europe - in the endings, any girl who returns to the real world is generally seen wearing more mundane clothes.

In Style Savvy: Trendsetters, the brand "Raven Candle" exclusively specializes this type of clothing. The "Marble Lily" brand mostly specializes in frilly princess fashions, but their darker-coloured clothing occasionally strays into this territory as well. There are a lot of customers who have or want outfits in this style, and you can dress your character in them as well.

In one of the DLC's, The FashionistaOboro◊ gets dressed up in an outfit clearly inspired by Gothloli stuff.

Visual Novels

In Little Busters!, Komari's casual outfit is a cute gothic lolita outfit. Which is probably great evidence of the sheer extent to which gothic lolita has overtaken every other kind of lolita in Japanese media, because while Riki notes correctly that the innocent doll-like aspects of the fashion suit Komari perfectly, the gothic part very much doesn't, while in contrast the sweet lolita subgenre, with its colorful sweets, stars, and fairytale themes, would fit both Komari's general personality and the themes of her route almost impossibly perfectly.

Chimera, from the 3rd season of Winx Club, is inspired by GothLoli. It has been criticized that Stella should know this (especially since it's a well-known fashion style), but she doesn't act that way, calling her look "preteen meets goth".

Community

Tropes HQ

TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. Privacy Policy